De La Rosa will do a lot of work on the sim for Ferrari so I suppose with him, it’s either retire and take a job on the TV or play video games for a living….

I don’t understand the younger guys doing it though because their input on the sim won’t be that good and they won’t get any track time. If you have hopes of getting an F1 seat, it’d make more sense to get a seat in GP2 and prove your worth.

To say that Gene is Ferrari’s test driver is quite funny. As far as i know his job is to do the television commentary for Sky at each and a every race and to defend Ferrari’s image whenever ugly things happen. I don’t know if he does this knowingly or not, but for us tv viewers it doesn’t make a difference.

A bit harsh, but I have never liked the idea of having him commentating the races. He doesn’t have a balanced opinion of things and sometimes he exaggerates in his love with Ferrari. I hope they change him this year, but I think it’s unlikely.

Super Pedro is so old! 43 this year! It’s a credit to his outstanding test driver qualities that he drove at Jerez, a secret tyre test with a 2011 car and 2 days with the tyre test in Bahrain last year. Don’t really get why Rigon is there, not a particularly great driver, but he must be happy to take Kobayashi’s WEC seat. Gene must wonder why they still employ him, no testing for years and he’s lost his Audi WEC seat…